Saturday, July 18, 2015

We can’t trust Hillary to make meaningful changes in Washington

It’s obvious that over the past 15 to 20 years, as the
Republican Party has slipped into the final stages of conservative madness,
that it has pulled many in the Democratic Party with it. Like a dark star
capturing other planets in its spinning vortex, the Republicans have pulled the
political debate so far to the right that it makes people like Bernie Sanders
and Elizabeth Warren seem like they’re to the left of Marx. It also has the
result of making centrist, corporate Democrats like the Clintons and Obama seem
ultra-liberal, particularly in the minds of the mainstream corporate media.

Just look at how the New York Times is treating Bernie
Sanders. When it’s not ignoring him, which is most of the time, it is writing
about him in a condescending tone reserved for outliers on the lunatic fringe.
And no one should fall for Hillary’s current populist tone.This is a tried and true campaign tactic used
to great success by her husband and Obama. As with the President, should
Hillary win there would be no significant changes to how things are done in
Washington.

Sinister corporatists like the Koch brothers are laughing
all the way to the bank at these developments, because it means that even if
the Democrats win, Washington will have the elite’s backs. Bill Clinton has
been on an apology tour recently, trying to make amends for all of the lousy
policies he supported as President, especially deregulating the banks. But why
should we believe Hillary will be any different?

Bernie Sanders is the only hope this country has of at least
trying to loosen the stranglehold Wall Street has on Washington.